6 feel-good stories to end your week

Slogans like this one were used to entice riders. The fare to ride the streetcars held steady at 5 cents for much of the service's run. The slogan is also the title of Lawrence J. Fleming's definitive book on the former streetcar system: "Ride a Mile and Smile the While: A History of the Phoenix Street Railway, 1887-1948."(Photo: Republic file photo)

There is so much happening in the news that it's easy to get upset, angry, or just outright sad.

So we decided to have at least one news post this week that gave everybody reasons to smile and just feel good about the world we live in.

So here, smile.

This dog is awesome

This is Aiko and he's cool. This post by the Bath Township Police Department in Michigan pretty much lays it out.

Aiko was brought in to help save children who were calling for help from a swamp area. He saved them before the Calvary could arrive. Smile when you see this photo of Aiko and his tennis ball.

This wife is a catch

A woman from Knoxville, Tenn., used a baseball card to tell her husband she is a kidney donor match.

In a now viral video, Steve Winfree goes through a pack of Topps baseball cards before coming across his own customized card. He learned that he would be a "rookie recipient at Vanderbilt [Transplant Center]" and his wife, Heather, would be the donor.

This solider is respectful

There are still good people in the world, and Erin Hester came across one on her way to work in Vine Grove, Ky., last week.

A solider got out of his car in pouring rain to stand at a passing funeral procession. Hester describes the touching gesture below.

This ex-bride-to-be is inspiring

A bride-to-be is inviting homeless people to her wedding reception after calling off the ceremony.

Instead of throwing all the food from her $30,000 extravaganza away, Sarah Cummins decided to send an invite out to homeless shelters in Indianapolis. You'll smile when you see how this 25-year-old is turning a painful experience into something good.